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A comparison and review of steady-state and time-varying reconnectionExtensions of Petschek's (1964) analysis are reviewed and used to investigate the steady-state and time-dependent reconnection in a current sheet geometry of the type observed at the magnetopause. It is shown that steady-state reconnection appears as a very special case in a time-dependent analysis. A single theoretical framework is proposed for interpreting reconnection phenomena at the magnetopause and for investigating the characteristics of dayside reconnection.
Document ID
19920040070
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Semenov, V. S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kubyshkin, I. V.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lebedeva, V. V.
(Leningradskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet Leningrad, Ussr)
Rijnbeek, R. P.
(St. Andrews, University United Kingdom)
Heyn, M. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Biernat, H. K.
(Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Institut fuer Weltraumforschung, Graz, Austria)
Farrugia, C. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Planetary and Space Science
Volume: 40
ISSN: 0032-0633
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
92A22694
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: FFWF PROJECT P-8046-GEO
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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